Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program in Mexico, 2009
Down the Roads of Southern Mexico: History, Traditions, and Modern Challenges
The following curriculum units were developed by educators who participated in a month-long seminar in Mexico. Target subjects and grade levels vary; please contact LLILAS Public Engagement if you have questions regarding how to best use these resources in your classroom.
Unless otherwise noted, all files are in Adobe PDF format.
Lisa Blanford
Cuatro fábulas zapotecas (Four Zapotec Fables) (Advanced Spanish; Grade 7+)
- Cuatro Fábulas (355KB)
Mary Bradshaw
Public Speaking for English Language Learners from Mexico (Advanced ELL classes; Grades 6-8)
- Public Speaking (576KB)
Nelda Brangwin
We're Moving to Mexico-Where Will We Live? (Information Literacy, Social Studies, Language Arts; Grades 4-6)
- We're Moving to Mexico (166KB)
Cynthia Carlton
Mexican-Inspired Puppets Tell Stories (Music, Drama; Grades 2-3)
- Mexican-Inspired Puppets (111KB)
Lori Cottle
Street Art in Mexico (Visual Art, with Social Studies and Language Arts activities; Grades 6-8)
- Street Art (327KB)
- Images (872KB)
Sarah Council
Los mayas, los aztecas y yo (Spanish I; Grades 7-8)
- Aztecas y Mayas (184KB)
- Boarding Pass (24KB)
- Passport Visa Stamps (106KB)
Paula Farthing
Destination: Southern Mexico (Spanish, Foreign Language Exploration; Grades 5-9)
- Destination Southern Mexico (527KB)
- Presentation Part 1 (82MB PPT file)
- Presentation Part 2 (81MB PPT file)
- Presentation Part 3 (74MB PPT file)
- Presentation Part 4 (75MB PPT file)
GeriLynn Jamieson
¡Vamos! Let's Go! Road Trip: Southern Mexico (Social Studies, Language Arts, Life Science, Art; Grades 3-5)
- Road Trip (264KB)
Ginger Looney
Gaining a Basic Understanding of What It Means to Be Indigenous in Mexico Today: Using Online Documents for Research and Learning (Social Studies, Bilingual; Grades 5-8)
- What It Means to Be Indigenous (495KB)
Maureen McNicholl
The Mighty Mesos: Amazing Achievements of the Ancient Aztecs and Maya (Social Studies, Spanish; Grades 5-6)
- The Mighty Mesos (25MB)
- The Mighty Mesos (higher quality version for printing, 45MB)
Kate Meyer
Chac, A Piece for String Orchestra (Orchestra; Grade 5)
- Chac: A Piece for String Orchestra (93KB)
- Chac Music Score (67KB)
- Chac Cello Music (40KB)
- Chac Viola Music (40KB)
- Chac Violin Music 1 (40KB)
- Chac Violin Music 2 (42KB)
- Chac Computer Audio (13MB AIF audio file)
- Chac String Audio (490KB M4A audio file)
Robi Parker
Migration Vacation in Mexico: Bats, Sea Turtles, and Butterflies on the Move (Science and Social Studies; Grades K-2)
- Migration Vacation (733KB)
Mary Schafer
M is for Mexico and M is for Me! (ESL, Social Studies, Language Arts; Grades 3-4)
- M is for Mexico (486KB)
- Letters from Mexico (14.2MB WMV video file)
Margaret Sites
Mexico: Did You Know? (English Language Arts; Grade 3)
- Did You Know (211KB)
- Chocolate (4.4MB PPT file)
Eugene Wheeler
The Legend of Cerro de la Silla in Monterrey, Mexico / Día de los Muertos Ofrendas (Social Studies; Grade 5)
- Legend of Cerro de la Silla (52KB)
Patrick Wininger
Following in the Footsteps of Diego Rivera (Spanish, Social Studies, Art; Grades 5-8)
- Diego Rivera (167KB)
- Rubrics (62KB)
- Following in the Footsteps (56 MB PPT file)